Hat-band



(Model) O. P. BEATTY.

HAT BAND.

No. 274,704. Patented Mar.27,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLAUDIUS F. BEATTY, Ohl BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HAT-BAN D.

SPECIFIGA'IION'forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,704, dated March 2'7, 1883.

Application filed November 16, 1882. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLAUDIUS F. BEATTY, a citizen of the United States, residing in Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Bands, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the manufacture of bands for bats and caps and other articles of wearingapparel. Heretofore such bands have been made of ribbon or other fabric which is woven with a selvage.

The invention consists essentially in combinin g a gutta-peroha or rubber tissue or similar substance .with a fibrous, woven, or other fabric, or with leather or other material, whereby an article is produced which possesses all the advantages of a fabric woven with a selvage. I

In carrying out my invention I employ any suitable fibrous, textile, or woven fabric, or

leather, or any suitable material from which hat or capbands may be made, together with thesubstance technically known as guttapercha tissue or rubber tissue, or any other similar article of a suitable character. I

The woven or other material may be of any desired dimensions, and the tissue may be made to correspond therewith. Where silk, satin, worsted, or other cloth is used, the entire width of the fabric may be employed, with the tissue of corresponding width applied thereto, and the whole afterward cutintostrips; or the material and the tissue may-be cut into strips of the desired width and length and applied to each other.

In forming a band. the strips of tissue and of' cloth or other material are caused to adhere to each other by means of heat, pressure, or otherwise, and the edges of the strips are turned inward and toward each other; or the strip is doubled, so as to bring the edges to gether, and the surfaces of the tissue are caused to adhere closely and uniformly, so as to form a smooth and even band. This may be accomplished by hand or machinery, or in any other suitable manner. I

- The accompanying drawings illustrate a' mode of carrying out my invention.

Figure 1 is a view of the inner side of a strip of material with the tissue applied thereto.

eachotherat thelongitudinal center on the rear or inner side, as shown in Figs l and 3, or it may be doubled longitudinally, so as to bring the edges together, as shown in Fig. 4:.

The invention is also applicable to bindings for. the edges of hat-brims, in which case the edges ofthe strips are turned inward, as shown in Fig. 5, in which A represents the outer material of the band or binding, 13 the tissue, and O a portion of the brim to which the binding is applied. When made with the edges turned in, as described, it is also applicable for use as a band.

I am aware that in the manufacture ofihats,

&c., it is not new to secure tape or other previouslyprepared binding in position by coat.

ing the inner side of the binding material with aplastic substance, like gutta-percha, and to attach the binding so provided to the hat by the direct application thereto of pressure and sufiicient heat to melt the said coating. I do not claim any method of applying a band toa hat, my invention consisting in the manufacture of an improved hat-band from materials not previously used for that purpose, said band to be afterward applied to the hat in any wellknown manner.

What I claim is as an improved article of manufacture, the herein-described band for bats and caps, which consists in a strip of woven fabric or similar material not provided with selvage-edges,

and liable to injury from handling, in combination with a strip of gutta-percha or iudiarubber, said strips being folded together so as to inclose the plastic material, and then united by heat and pressure, substantially as set forth.

GLAUDIUS F. BEATTY.

Witnesses:

E. R. BROWN, Jos. A. LEVY. 

